Sorry joe I totally missed your reply for some reason:
I see him as a Kassian, possibly plus. Can't say I've watched more than a few minutes of any game since he's been acquired tbh, but from what I know of this player, he doesn't have the same fault that prevented Vey from being a player. Leipsic actually goes to the dirty areas of the ice where offense is generated from. Vey had the Jordan Schroeder syndrome where he seemed essentially allergic to going to the middle of the ice, which makes it difficult for a center without blinding transition speed to generate offense. As a winger, Leipsic automatically doesn't have the problem to the same extent, but also has much more of a willingness to take a hit to make a play.
Haha, we're stretching the analogy now, but we did get the "gift card" for "free". Of course there's the opportunity cost and the value of it still, but it doesn't change that the "expiration" of the asset applies to us differently than other parties, and we were never really planning to go to that store anyways. I think the better analogy is we had a nickel that we were going to misplace anyways, but gave it to a buddy who needed to use a pay phone and was five cents short. In return, he gave us a 2 for 1 coupon at A&W, which is only worth anything because it's where we're now going for lunch.
Yeah, if I said otherwise I'll concede that the value of Leipsic plays a big part. It isn't just "Holm was "free", has no/negative value, we got something for him, big win!"
I agree with your offense take on him, I do just wonder about his defense and if it will improve. That is my biggest worry.
Sounds like we now mostly agree, and all that is left is to grab some A&W Lunch together... I am getting the teen Combo.